The Runaway Express

{{short description|1926 film by Edward Sedgwick}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Runaway Express

| image = The Runaway Express (1926) - 1.jpg

| caption = Still with Dougherty and Mehaffey

| director = Edward Sedgwick

| producer = Carl Laemmle

| writer = Curtis Benton

| based_on = {{basedon|"The Nerve of Foley"|Frank H. Spearman}}

| starring = {{ubl|Jack Dougherty|Blanche Mehaffey|Tom O'Brien}}

| music =

| editing =

| cinematography = Virgil Miller

| studio = Universal Pictures

| distributor = Universal Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1926|10|10}}

| runtime = 1 hour

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Runaway Express is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Edward Sedgwick and starring Jack Dougherty, Blanche Mehaffey, and Tom O'Brien.Munden p. 744[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/R/RunawayExpress1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Runaway Express] at silentera.com

Plot

Set against the bustling backdrop of a train station, with its thundering engines and the coordinated chaos of the roundhouse, dispatcher's office, and switch-room, unfolds a love story between Joe Foley, a young train engineer, and Norah Kelly, an Irish waitress at the Junction Cafe.

Cast

References

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Bibliography

  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.